Cabrera Natasha J, Hofferth Sandra L, Chae Soo
University of Maryland.
Early Child Res Q. 2011;26(3):365-375. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.01.001.
This study examines whether levels of father engagement (e.g., verbal stimulation, caregiving, and physical play) vary by race/ethnicity using a model that controls for fathers' human capital, mental health, and family relationships. It also tests whether the models work similarly across race/ethnic groups. Its sample of N=5,089 infants and their families is drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Birth Cohort (ECLS-B). We found that, after including controls, African American and Latino fathers had higher levels of engagement in caregiving and physical play activities than White fathers. There were no differences in verbal stimulation activities across race/ethnicity. Fathers' education (college level) predicted more verbally stimulating activities whereas fathers' report of couple conflict predicted less caregiving and physical play. Although levels of engagement differed across the groups, the overall models did not differ by race/ethnicity, except for physical play. African American mothers who reported high levels of depressive symptoms had partners who engaged in more physical play than White mothers with high levels of depressive symptoms.
本研究使用一个控制了父亲人力资本、心理健康和家庭关系的模型，考察父亲参与度（如言语刺激、照料和身体互动游戏）水平是否因种族/族裔而异。研究还检验了这些模型在不同种族/族裔群体中是否具有相似的效果。其样本包含N = 5089名婴儿及其家庭，取自儿童早期纵向研究——出生队列（ECLS - B）。我们发现，纳入控制变量后，非裔美国父亲和拉丁裔父亲在照料和身体互动游戏活动中的参与度高于白人父亲。在言语刺激活动方面，各种族/族裔之间没有差异。父亲的教育程度（大学水平）预示着更多的言语刺激活动，而父亲报告的夫妻冲突则预示着较少的照料和身体互动游戏。尽管不同群体的参与度水平存在差异，但除了身体互动游戏外，总体模型在不同种族/族裔之间并无差异。报告有高水平抑郁症状的非裔美国母亲，其伴侣比报告有高水平抑郁症状的白人母亲的伴侣参与更多身体互动游戏。
